Sharpshooters’ Memorial
Municipality/Province: Ottawa, ON
Memorial number: 35059-012
Type: Bronze statue and stone shaft
Address: 2 Queen Elizabeth Driveway
Location: Cartier Square Drill Hall
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.422024 Long: -75.6900573
Submitted by: Will Thompson. Clive Law. Richard Turcotte
In Major's Hill Park on the afternoon of Nov. 1, 1888, Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada, unveiled a monument dedicated to two local members of the Guards Company of Sharp-Shooters. William B. Osgoode and John Rogers were killed during the Battle of Cutknife Hill on 2 May 1885 during the North-West Rebellion.
The statue is a guardsman standing in mournful repose with his hands clasped on the butt of a rifle. Bronze medallion portraits of Rogers and Osgoode are located on each side of the Memorial.
Around the year 2006, this memorial was moved to Cartier Square Drill Hall.
Inscription found on memorial
[front - upper plaque/devant - plaque du haut]
ERECTED
BY THE
CITIZENS OF OTTAWA.
TO THE MEMORY OF
WM. B. OSGOODE,
AND
JOHN ROGERS,
OF THE
GUARDS COMPANY OF SHARP-SHOOTERS
WHO FELL IN ACTION AT
CUTKNIFE HILL,
ON THE 2ND OF MAY, 1885
[lower plaque/plaque du bas]
OEUVRE ÉRIGÉE PAR LES
HABITANTS D`OTTAWA
EN MÉMOIRE DE
WM. B. OSGOODE ET DE JOHN ROGERS,
DE LA COMPAGNIE DE LA GARDE DES SHARP SHOOTERS
QUI SONT TOMBÉS AU COMBAT
À CUTKNIFE HILL, LE 2 MAI 1885.
Street view
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